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. >> big story brewing since the weekend over joe biden's comments. the way to tee this up is to play them then come to you for reaction. >> and you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now? >> i -- look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women are entitled to all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> i suppose the obvious question to you -- you tweeted almost immediately. you said what the vice president said that all married couples should have the same legal rights is precise this potus position. do you still think everything joe biden said is with the president's position? >> i think the policy joe biden is describing there, that is the president's policy. he believes that couples, heterosexual couples, gay couples should have the same legal rights. and of course that's why we've stopped appealing the douma case. becaus
. >> big story brewing since the weekend over joe biden's comments. the way to tee this up is to play them then come to you for reaction. >> and you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now? >> i -- look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women are entitled to all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. quite...
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let's talk joe biden -- >> and this is just a picture behind me. now, we're giving away all our secrets, jim acosta. >> truth in advertising, brooke. >> joe biden, he hit the bain themes hard today. >> he did. and this was not unexpected. i mean, keep in mind that yesterday the president was in chicago and this whole issue of biden, excuse me, not biden but bain and cory booker was brought up and the second question that was asked of the president at that nato press conference and the president said, wait a minute. this is not a distraction in this campaign. this is what this campaign is going to be about. earlier this afternoon, joe biden took a little time for the vice president to get to this part of his speech, but he went right after mitt romney's experience at bain capital and here's what he had to say. >> your job as president is to promote the common good. that doesn't mean the private eq equity guys are bad guys, they're not. that no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber. it doesn't and by the way, a lot of awful smart pl
let's talk joe biden -- >> and this is just a picture behind me. now, we're giving away all our secrets, jim acosta. >> truth in advertising, brooke. >> joe biden, he hit the bain themes hard today. >> he did. and this was not unexpected. i mean, keep in mind that yesterday the president was in chicago and this whole issue of biden, excuse me, not biden but bain and cory booker was brought up and the second question that was asked of the president at that nato press...
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maybe joe biden needs to get him in the first few seasons. -- maybe joe biden needs to get the first few seasons of "will & grace" on video for the president. let's talk more about this with lz granderson and will cain. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> lz, do you think joe biden meant to say what he said that he is okay with gay marriage? >> well, yeah. i don't see any reason -- >> well, that part. >> i think he is okay with it. >> but when the vice president says something like that, you sort of thing he is talking about policy as in obama policy. did he mean to say it quite that way as it concerned the policy of the obama administration? >> well, i think that there is a separation between joe biden, the person, and joe biden the politician. i think what you heard on sunday is joe biden, the person. i think if you had president obama, the person, he would probably voice the exact same thing. what we are seeing here is the politicians also having a different sort of stance on it, a nuance stance so it won't upset voters. but there's no reason to belie
maybe joe biden needs to get him in the first few seasons. -- maybe joe biden needs to get the first few seasons of "will & grace" on video for the president. let's talk more about this with lz granderson and will cain. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> lz, do you think joe biden meant to say what he said that he is okay with gay marriage? >> well, yeah. i don't see any reason -- >> well, that part. >> i think he...
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we're going to begin tonight with vice president joe biden. he has managed to complicate the official white house line on same-sex marriage, and he did it with an outspoken defense of gay couples who want to get married, even though president barack obama says his view on the issue is, quote, evolving. it sounds like biden's evolution is complete. >> is that what you believe now? >> that's what i believe. >> and you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now? >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual -- men and women marrying all are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties and, quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> those words sparked a quick response, not from republicans, but from the president's own campaign. what the vp said, that all married couples should have the same legal rights is precisely potus' position. that's ex
we're going to begin tonight with vice president joe biden. he has managed to complicate the official white house line on same-sex marriage, and he did it with an outspoken defense of gay couples who want to get married, even though president barack obama says his view on the issue is, quote, evolving. it sounds like biden's evolution is complete. >> is that what you believe now? >> that's what i believe. >> and you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now? >> look, i...
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but joe biden has put him in his spot. is the president now going to be forced to say, yes or no, not on something ambiguous, but on gay marriage itself? >> well, i think, certainly, there's pressure building on the president among the the democratic base. and what joe biden and the cabinet secretary said, i think, reflects the growing conventional wisdom within the democratic base. the problem that the president has, of course, is elections are won with swing voter ifs swing states like north carolina. and while this president can point to successes in advancing gay and civil rights much more than any other president, that final step would lead him open to a series of negative attacks that could really alienate swing voters. so while he's going to be feeling that pressure, i don't think it's a done deal. >> what do you think, margaret? >> i think you never know what the president's going to do, but just because his education skrair has a different view than he does, remember, in george w. bush's administration that i work
but joe biden has put him in his spot. is the president now going to be forced to say, yes or no, not on something ambiguous, but on gay marriage itself? >> well, i think, certainly, there's pressure building on the president among the the democratic base. and what joe biden and the cabinet secretary said, i think, reflects the growing conventional wisdom within the democratic base. the problem that the president has, of course, is elections are won with swing voter ifs swing states like...
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joe biden, he's the joe populist, he is a rare form -- in rare form in the capital in the rust belt of youngstown, ohio. take a listen. >> my mother and father dreamed as much as any rich guy dreams. >> absolutely. [ applause ] >> they don't get us. they don't get who we are. i don't understand, it seems to me. again, they're not bad. they just don't get it. >> that's why -- listen, because of that, you either love joe biden or you hate him. but this resonates with a lot of people, l.z. >> yeah, you know what, it does. it's a very emotional moment as will cain would like to say, very emotional. but i think you need to do more than just get us fired up. we need tangibles. we need a plan. we don't need to feel just fired up but where we're going when we get fired up. these are the things when we get past this, you know, rah-rah stage, this is what americans want to hear, plans. we already have the emotion. what we need now is the direction. what exactly are you going to do? >> thanks, l.z. and will. cory booker, by the way in the truth about bain capital, the subjects of our no talking p
joe biden, he's the joe populist, he is a rare form -- in rare form in the capital in the rust belt of youngstown, ohio. take a listen. >> my mother and father dreamed as much as any rich guy dreams. >> absolutely. [ applause ] >> they don't get us. they don't get who we are. i don't understand, it seems to me. again, they're not bad. they just don't get it. >> that's why -- listen, because of that, you either love joe biden or you hate him. but this resonates with a lot...
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joe biden. sometimes he goes over the brink and says things he should not. i.e., same-sex marriage. it was interesting when biden was talking to voters in ohio, his people would not let him ask questions. >> he may be on punishment right now. what he did about talking about gay marriage. put him out of the white house. his off the cuff comments were great speaking to voters. he can't get in too much trouble and hopefully help obama in the election. >> i'm still intrigued by the types of things he is doing. when he was buying ice cream cones for people in the dairy queen, someone yelled out and said can you buy us ice cream? he said you know what my salary is. it makes him not a millionaire. do those things resonate enough? >> they certainly resonate when you are comparing it to a mitt romney who says i don't know much about nascar, but i have friends who own nascar teams. which of the gentlemen can convince the public they understand the regular life better? the question is who does romney pick
joe biden. sometimes he goes over the brink and says things he should not. i.e., same-sex marriage. it was interesting when biden was talking to voters in ohio, his people would not let him ask questions. >> he may be on punishment right now. what he did about talking about gay marriage. put him out of the white house. his off the cuff comments were great speaking to voters. he can't get in too much trouble and hopefully help obama in the election. >> i'm still intrigued by the...
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. >> going to talk about joe biden. definitely knows his role, joe the populist. he was in rare form this week in the capital, in the rustbelt of youngstown, hoe home. i want you to take a listen. >> my mother and father dreamed as much as anyone rich guy dreams! >> absolutely. >> they don't get us! they don't get who we are! they don't understand, it seems to me. again, they are not bad. they just don't get it! >> that's why -- listen, because of that, you either love joe biden or you hate him, but this resonates with a lot of people, l.z. >> yeah, you know what, it does. it's a very emotional moment as will cane would like to say. it's very emotional, but i think you need to do a little bit more than just get us fired up. we need tang iblgs. we need a plan. we don't need to feel fired up. we need to know where we're going once we get fired up, and once we get past this rah, rah stage and people start debating, these are the things that the american people will want to hear, plans. we already got the emotion. >> yeah. >> what we need now is direction what. exactl
. >> going to talk about joe biden. definitely knows his role, joe the populist. he was in rare form this week in the capital, in the rustbelt of youngstown, hoe home. i want you to take a listen. >> my mother and father dreamed as much as anyone rich guy dreams! >> absolutely. >> they don't get us! they don't get who we are! they don't understand, it seems to me. again, they are not bad. they just don't get it! >> that's why -- listen, because of that, you either...
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i like joe biden. >> everybody likes joe biden. if the president's advisers think it's not looking good, dump biden and put hillary clinton on the ticket and do you think the president would do that in order to become a two-term democratic president? >> i don't think he'd do it. i don't think he'd be comfortable doing it himself because it doesn't seem to me that that's the kind of person he is, but more than that it would be seen for exactly what it would be, an act of political desperation and a bit unloyal and unfaithful to the guy who has been alongside him during the first term. i don't think he'll do that. >> the only way it would happen is if biden decides it's time for me to move on. you've got a shot, mr. president, we don't want you to be a one-term democratic president and hillary clinton could help you. if he were to make that decision. >> maybe they'll make him an offer he can't refuse. >> become secretary of state? >> who knows? >> thanks very much. >>> who would jump from 2,000 feet in the air without a parachute? a
i like joe biden. >> everybody likes joe biden. if the president's advisers think it's not looking good, dump biden and put hillary clinton on the ticket and do you think the president would do that in order to become a two-term democratic president? >> i don't think he'd do it. i don't think he'd be comfortable doing it himself because it doesn't seem to me that that's the kind of person he is, but more than that it would be seen for exactly what it would be, an act of political...
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we give joe biden a lot of credit here because he answered the question honestly and he had to know there were going to be repercussions coming out of the white house and he felt there was an issue that he couldn't fudge anymore. don't forget, joe biden is someone who had evolved himself and this was someone who voted for the defense of marriage act when he was in the senate. so it was only so angry that the president could really get. >> i don't think he's that angry, either. take a look at the cover of time magazine. there it is. mom enough? it's one of the reasons why i suspect that "time" magazine is the magazine of the year. congratulations to joe klein, and all of our friends at "time" magazine, you guys are doing an amazing job. keep it up and that cover, joe, it's generating a lot, a lot of buzz out there. >> wolf, i had nothing to do with that cover. >> i know you didn't write the cover story this week, but -- >> nor did he pose for it. >> no, i didn't pose. that isn't me. >> a bold cover on "time." i may look like a baby sometimes, but that wasn't me. >> all right, guys. thank y
we give joe biden a lot of credit here because he answered the question honestly and he had to know there were going to be repercussions coming out of the white house and he felt there was an issue that he couldn't fudge anymore. don't forget, joe biden is someone who had evolved himself and this was someone who voted for the defense of marriage act when he was in the senate. so it was only so angry that the president could really get. >> i don't think he's that angry, either. take a look...
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speaking friday at the military families who enduringed the anguish of losing a loved one, joe biden recalled the car accident that took the lives of his wife and one-year-old daughter, back in 1972, and told families that it will get better. >> i got a phone call like you guys got. where someone walked up to me saying that my family had been in an accident and just like you guys know by the tone of the phone call you knew, didn't you? you knew when they walked up the path, you knew when the call came, you knew. you just felt it in your bones. something bad happened. and i knew. i don't know how i knew, but the call said my wife was dead, my daughter was dead, and i wasn't sure how my sons were going to make it. christmas shopping, a tractor-trailer broad-sided them. in one instant killed two of them and -- well. for the first time in my life i understood how someone could consciously decide to commit suicide. not because they were deraged or nuts, because they had been to the top of the mountain, and they just knew in a heart they would never get there again. it can and will get bet
speaking friday at the military families who enduringed the anguish of losing a loved one, joe biden recalled the car accident that took the lives of his wife and one-year-old daughter, back in 1972, and told families that it will get better. >> i got a phone call like you guys got. where someone walked up to me saying that my family had been in an accident and just like you guys know by the tone of the phone call you knew, didn't you? you knew when they walked up the path, you knew when...
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i really do like joe biden. he's a turn bite. frankly, wolf, that you and other places in the press corps that the press is engaging in these nonsensical hypotheticals as if there were reality to it just because you want a click on your website. >> i covered politics for a long time and i'm not saying it will happen this particular time, but sometimes stuff happens as we know. we'll leave it there. we'll discuss the subject on several occasions. you know what? we might discuss it down the road. guys, thanks very much for coming in. >>> a flight from paris is diverted when a woman says she has a device surgically implanted inside her. we have new information on the strange mid-air scare. >>> the u.s. could be on the brink of an environmental disaster and worse than any spill in history. what's being done about the toxic debris being done on u.s. soil? stand by. >> jack's back with "the cafferty file." >> the question this hour is are you better off now than you were three and a half years ago? >> three and a half years ago bush an
i really do like joe biden. he's a turn bite. frankly, wolf, that you and other places in the press corps that the press is engaging in these nonsensical hypotheticals as if there were reality to it just because you want a click on your website. >> i covered politics for a long time and i'm not saying it will happen this particular time, but sometimes stuff happens as we know. we'll leave it there. we'll discuss the subject on several occasions. you know what? we might discuss it down the...
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i want to play something joe biden said. >> that's really jerky. >> let me play something joe biden said. >> your job as president is to were motpromote the common good. that doesn't mean the private equity guys are bad guys. they're not. but that no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber. >> it's your turn. >> well, i mean, the reality is that president obama can talk about his record as president if he wants to look at something where he theoretically thinks he succeeded but he doesn't talk about his record as president. you know and i know his campaign is running away from his record as president and basically they want to attack romney. when ronald reagan was running for re-election in '84, they spent a little time criticizing mondale, but most of it was morning in america, how he had turned around the country, the great successes he had because he had a record to run on. president obama is running against -- and we have found what a president who has no experience is going to give us. he's going to give us tremendous failure, the largest debt we've ever had, the hig
i want to play something joe biden said. >> that's really jerky. >> let me play something joe biden said. >> your job as president is to were motpromote the common good. that doesn't mean the private equity guys are bad guys. they're not. but that no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber. >> it's your turn. >> well, i mean, the reality is that president obama can talk about his record as president if he wants to look at something where he...
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. >>> in an apology to the boss from the vice president, senior administration officials say joe biden has apologized to president obama for painting him into a corner on the same-sex marriage issue. cnn's jessica yellin broke that story for us. biden came out in support of same-sex marriage on a sunday morning talk show, and that may have forced the president to make his own announcement ahead of schedule. >>> president obama's change of heart on same-sex marriage made history in more ways than one. moments after he made the announcement on abc news his official twitter account posted the tweet, same-sex couples should be able to get married, and that is on its way to becoming the most re-tweeted message of all-time. hacker who actually tracks the president's tweets says it's been shared more than 56,000 times and counting. this is as of yesterday. twitter says president obama's announcement also generated more than 1.6 million reaction tweets. that number peaked at 7,000 tweets per minute yesterday afternoon. and it was starmageddon last night at the estate of george clooney. preside
. >>> in an apology to the boss from the vice president, senior administration officials say joe biden has apologized to president obama for painting him into a corner on the same-sex marriage issue. cnn's jessica yellin broke that story for us. biden came out in support of same-sex marriage on a sunday morning talk show, and that may have forced the president to make his own announcement ahead of schedule. >>> president obama's change of heart on same-sex marriage made...
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. >>> vice president joe biden is weighing in on same-sex marriage. he says he's, quote, comfortable with it. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business... protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. >>> checking our top stories. a manhunt is under way right now after a mother and her three daughters disappeared in mississippi. police say they found two bodies at a home associated with adam mayes. he's the man suspected in the di appearance of jo ann bain, the tennessee mother and her daughters. the four were reported missing by the woman's husband. >>> in kentucky, police are investigating a murder at churchill downs. detectives want to talk with some of the 400 people known to be near the crime scene last night. the body of a hispanic man was found shortly before 5:00 a.m. fewer than 12 hours after the kentucky derby. investigators won't know the cause of death until an autopsy i
. >>> vice president joe biden is weighing in on same-sex marriage. he says he's, quote, comfortable with it. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business... protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. >>> checking our top stories. a manhunt is under way right now after a mother and her three daughters...
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but joe biden has been a championship for civil rights quality. and this is a man who's always stood on those principles. i'm not surprised he would come out forcefully and strongly as he did yesterday. >>> he says his life is in president obama's hands, we're taking a look at the emotional video of an american held in pakistan we believe by al qaeda. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavio
but joe biden has been a championship for civil rights quality. and this is a man who's always stood on those principles. i'm not surprised he would come out forcefully and strongly as he did yesterday. >>> he says his life is in president obama's hands, we're taking a look at the emotional video of an american held in pakistan we believe by al qaeda. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's...
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why would he want joe biden in charge instead of barack obama? >> well, that was actually a very interesting piece in these letters. and one of the things that i think it highlights is a, that these guys are really paying attention to the political scene in the u.s. and they were thinking about what kind of chaos that would wreak. so they don't have a particularly high opinion of the vice president, but they really intended for that to cause massive problems and disruption. >> and the editor of "long war journal", the image of al qaeda is important to osama bin laden, are the offshoot organizations, the people running it. that was all important to him, to be in charge, but then to have other organizations that followed him. >> yeah. it's very important for bin laden, the affiliate strategy for al qaeda is extremely important for the terror group. it's a way -- it's a redundant commanding control structure. one of the things i disagree with the analysis of the documents, i think what these documents show is that bin laden -- there's a lot of back
why would he want joe biden in charge instead of barack obama? >> well, that was actually a very interesting piece in these letters. and one of the things that i think it highlights is a, that these guys are really paying attention to the political scene in the u.s. and they were thinking about what kind of chaos that would wreak. so they don't have a particularly high opinion of the vice president, but they really intended for that to cause massive problems and disruption. >> and...
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. ♪ >>> this half hour, joe biden shares his anger over his guilt of losing loved ones. new questions over a u.s. kand day's family tree. did a white house favorite misrepresent herself as native american? and this is what it looks like to win the world's biggest science fair. what this high school freshman invented that could help detech cancer. >>> it could well be the highest profile senate race this year. consumer advocate democrat elizabeth warren wants to unseat scott brown in massachusetts. he made national headlines shocking us by winning ted kennedy's seat in 2010. with president obama holding a 25-point lead over normal the state, expect democrat warren to have a big advantage. but the latest polls show a statistical dead heat. now warren on her heels after new revelations about her native american claims in an academic bio. reporter for "the boston globe" has been covering this story. mary, elizabeth warren is trying to talk about the economy, her record as a consumer advocate. listen to her here when reporters want to ask about her biography. >> i have answer
. ♪ >>> this half hour, joe biden shares his anger over his guilt of losing loved ones. new questions over a u.s. kand day's family tree. did a white house favorite misrepresent herself as native american? and this is what it looks like to win the world's biggest science fair. what this high school freshman invented that could help detech cancer. >>> it could well be the highest profile senate race this year. consumer advocate democrat elizabeth warren wants to unseat scott...
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. >>> a fiery joe biden getting loud today in ohio. he's hammering republicans on jobs in the heart of the rust belt. want you to listen in. >> things really are starting to come back. there are signs of life and hope in the heartland. jobs are starting to come back and the jobs that are coming back are the kinds of jobs you can build a middle class family on, manufacturing jobs, descece paying jobs, so you can live in a safe neighborhood, open your home, not rent your home. if a kids want to, be able to send your kid to college or send him to trade school. and, by the way, one thing i do resent, i resent when they talk about families like mine that i grew up in. i resent the fact that they think we're talking about it's job envy, it's wealth envy, that we don't dream. my mother believed and my father believed that if i wanted to be president of the united states, i could be. i could be vice president. my mother and father believed that if my brother or sister wanted to be a millionaire, they could be a millionaire. my mother and fathe
. >>> a fiery joe biden getting loud today in ohio. he's hammering republicans on jobs in the heart of the rust belt. want you to listen in. >> things really are starting to come back. there are signs of life and hope in the heartland. jobs are starting to come back and the jobs that are coming back are the kinds of jobs you can build a middle class family on, manufacturing jobs, descece paying jobs, so you can live in a safe neighborhood, open your home, not rent your home. if a...
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in the after math of all of the uproar that developed on sunday since joe biden said on "meet the press" he supports same-sex marriage. arnie duncan followed up, pointing out that he, too, supports same-sex marriage. it's obviously a huge deal that we're witnessing right now, brooke. >> wolf, thank you. obviously as soon as we get some of that sound making this historic statement, now the president is saying same-sex marriage should be legal. we have gloria borjer standing by. gloria, my question to you before we get into the risks and rewards of coming out with this finally publicly once and for all, what about the timing. wolf mentioned we did hear from vice president joe biden very clearly, coming out supporting gay marriage. why today? because i also understand that this particular interview that wolf mentioned with robin roberts of abc news, this thing was booked tuesday afternoon, pretty quick the white house wanted to sit him down. >> well, first of all, i think you would have to say the president was under some pressure, not only given the vice president's statements, but also i
in the after math of all of the uproar that developed on sunday since joe biden said on "meet the press" he supports same-sex marriage. arnie duncan followed up, pointing out that he, too, supports same-sex marriage. it's obviously a huge deal that we're witnessing right now, brooke. >> wolf, thank you. obviously as soon as we get some of that sound making this historic statement, now the president is saying same-sex marriage should be legal. we have gloria borjer standing by....
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this comes on the heels of joe biden saying he's comfortable with two men or two women marrying. here's how biden addressed his opinion and compared it to the president on "meet the press." >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolute lly comfortable wh the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying are all entitled the same exact rights, all the same civil rights and civil liberties. i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> gop presidential nominee mitt romney has a town hall today in ohio so he could kick off the official campaign. the re-election bid beginning in earnest. a gallup poll is showing about six months before election day, obama and romney a dead heat. buckle up. >>> also making news, prince harry going to visit wounded u.s. and british military visits. they took part in what's called the warrior games. an annual event. it's awesome for wounded and injured troops. the prince is also going to receive a humanitarian prize tonight in washington, d.c. bec
this comes on the heels of joe biden saying he's comfortable with two men or two women marrying. here's how biden addressed his opinion and compared it to the president on "meet the press." >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolute lly comfortable wh the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying are all entitled the same exact rights, all the same civil rights and...
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. >>> vice president joe biden's comment that he is absolutely comfortable with the idea of same-sex marriage has set off an explosion on twitter. let's hear the comment first and then we'll talk about the buzz. >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual marriages are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil liberties, and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> many people are wondering if biden's remarks signals a change in the president's position. mr. obama has previously said his views on the issue are evolving, but both a biden spokesperson and david axelrod is suggesting there's no further evolvement in the president's position. >>> the lawyer for rachel "bunny" mellon back on the stand in the third week of the john edwards' trial. her contribution of 7 50 -- $750,000 is at the center of the saga. >> reporter: after two weeks of lurid details and multiple witnesses who testified john edwards li
. >>> vice president joe biden's comment that he is absolutely comfortable with the idea of same-sex marriage has set off an explosion on twitter. let's hear the comment first and then we'll talk about the buzz. >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual marriages are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil liberties,...
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barack obama and joe biden hit the campaign trail in crucial battle ground states this week. >> it is good to be back in iowa. >> mr. obama heads to the hawkeye state while biden stumps in new hampshire. mitt romney speaks before a latino group here in the nation's capital on wednesday. friday his campaign released a spanish language version of their new tv commercial. [ speaking spanish ] >> the speech and the ad seem to be part of an outreach to latino voters who may have been turned off by romney's tough talk on illegal immigration during the battle for the gop nomination. polls indicate president obama holds a large lead over romney among latino voters. also this week, primaries on tuesday in arkansas and kentucky. randi. >> paul, thank you very much. >>> a coin flip has decided the election in texas. imagine in it was always that easy. the city council vote was tied after last saturday's vote, so the candidates agreed to settle it with a coin flip. heads won. >> the city secretary texted me that we had tied. i technicaled her back, can we just flip a coin? more of a jock wresh. >
barack obama and joe biden hit the campaign trail in crucial battle ground states this week. >> it is good to be back in iowa. >> mr. obama heads to the hawkeye state while biden stumps in new hampshire. mitt romney speaks before a latino group here in the nation's capital on wednesday. friday his campaign released a spanish language version of their new tv commercial. [ speaking spanish ] >> the speech and the ad seem to be part of an outreach to latino voters who may have...
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. >> this hilarious gaffe wasn't joe biden's fault. you see, he was influenced by powerful cultural forces. >> i think "will and grace" probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybody has ever done. >> he's right, folks. he's right. these kind of tv shows can change our minds. until i saw "frazier" i prefuseo accept the existence of seattle. >> reporter: in retrospect it's not that crazy an idea. >> it meant a lot. because it didn't come from pie peers, it came from the gay head of the drama department. >> from billy crystal's openly gay character. to musical acts. ♪ >> reporter: to movies. >> i was diagnosed with aids. >> reporter: popular culture has always been territory where same-sex taboos are broken bringing alternative lifestyles into the earshot of the mainstream. and while the vice president wasn't the only one in the white house to out themselves as a supporter of gay marriage -- >> do you believe that same-sex men and women should be able to get legally married in the united states? >> oh, co
. >> this hilarious gaffe wasn't joe biden's fault. you see, he was influenced by powerful cultural forces. >> i think "will and grace" probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybody has ever done. >> he's right, folks. he's right. these kind of tv shows can change our minds. until i saw "frazier" i prefuseo accept the existence of seattle. >> reporter: in retrospect it's not that crazy an idea. >> it meant a lot....
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. >>> on this memorial day weekend vice president joe biden is thanking west point's graduating cadets. in yesterday's commencement address biden said the wars in iraq and afghanistan may be ending, but the u.s. still faces plenty of challenges ahead, and he called the cadets members of the 9/11 generation. >> most of you were in elementary school in 2001 when your nation was attacked. old enough to remember, perhaps, but young enough that that tragic day need not have shaped your lives, but for so many of you it did just that. as you and your predecessors came of age, 2,800,000 of you were moved to join our military. >> biden also said the united states relationship with rising economic super power china will help shape the 21st century. >> his campaign has made it a priority to chippewa at a traditionally republican voting block. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian reports. >> reporter: president obama rarely misses an opportunity to talk about the help he is offering to military veterans and his families. >> we serve our veterans the way they served us. >> it's about policy an
. >>> on this memorial day weekend vice president joe biden is thanking west point's graduating cadets. in yesterday's commencement address biden said the wars in iraq and afghanistan may be ending, but the u.s. still faces plenty of challenges ahead, and he called the cadets members of the 9/11 generation. >> most of you were in elementary school in 2001 when your nation was attacked. old enough to remember, perhaps, but young enough that that tragic day need not have shaped...
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. >> vice president joe biden delivered the commencement address at the u.s. military academy at west point. he thanked cadets for their willingness to serve the country in the post 9/11 world. and he laid out the framework for president obama's precedency. >> we have taken out, you have taken out more than half of al qaeda's senior leadership. and in a mission that will go down in the annals of intelligence and special operations, some of america's most gifted security professionals tracked down osama bin laden after the trail had gone cold. and in one of the most incredibly daring raids, they delivered justice. >> biden called today's grad wits leaders of the 9/11 generation. a jenrisigeneration he said wil down in history as the finest the nation has produced. >> today's speech included plenty of points that president obama likes to make on the campaign trail. the no accident. dan lothian reports the obama campaign is making a serious push to win the votes of military veterans. >> president obama rarely misses an opportunity to talk about the help he's offe
. >> vice president joe biden delivered the commencement address at the u.s. military academy at west point. he thanked cadets for their willingness to serve the country in the post 9/11 world. and he laid out the framework for president obama's precedency. >> we have taken out, you have taken out more than half of al qaeda's senior leadership. and in a mission that will go down in the annals of intelligence and special operations, some of america's most gifted security...
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there were senior advisers to the president including vice president joe biden and the then secretary of defense bob gates who said maybe this wasn't such a good idea, but the president overruled them and said let's do it and of course we all know what happened. what about the criticism that will no doubt unfold, what are they saying at the white house that the president is doing this victory lap if you will spiking the football for political purposes? >> at the white house, officials have said the president is not overcelebrating the death of osama bin laden. as we've heard criticism from a number of republicans. we haven't really heard any criticism coming from republicans yet, the news here is so fresh that president obama is in afghanistan. but the fact is no matter how much really politics president obama may make of the death of osama bin laden today and now in this high profile visit to afghanistan, politically this is a trip that can serve him well. when you talk about sort of his accomplishments, the thing that he has sought to do as a president, taking out osama bin laden is
there were senior advisers to the president including vice president joe biden and the then secretary of defense bob gates who said maybe this wasn't such a good idea, but the president overruled them and said let's do it and of course we all know what happened. what about the criticism that will no doubt unfold, what are they saying at the white house that the president is doing this victory lap if you will spiking the football for political purposes? >> at the white house, officials...
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and joe biden. the character of a nation is always about who it chooses to be its leards and how it respects its veterans. in my lifetime, america has not known two more committed leaders to its men and women in uniform and its veterans and their families than president obama and vice president biden. here to speak for all of us on this special day when we were all americans is the leader of our country, the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the arrival of our guest of honor and remain standing until the colors are retired. ♪ the mount of the united states, barack obama. first lady michelle obama, vice president biden and dprchlt biden. ♪ >> colors, present! ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red gl
and joe biden. the character of a nation is always about who it chooses to be its leards and how it respects its veterans. in my lifetime, america has not known two more committed leaders to its men and women in uniform and its veterans and their families than president obama and vice president biden. here to speak for all of us on this special day when we were all americans is the leader of our country, the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. >> ladies and gentlemen,...
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former president bill clinton said he opposes amendment one, and this morning vice president joe biden said he was absolutely comfortable with the idea of same-gender marriage. >> i just think that the good news is that, as more and more americans come to understand what this is all about, it's a simple proposition. who do you love? who do you love? and will you be loyal to the person you love? >> joining me to talk about this vote, and reverend billy graham's potential influence, is co-editor eric. good to see you, eric. >> hey, fred, how are you? >> i'm good. does reverend graham, does he get certain voters' attention enough to actually influence their vote by speaking out on this? >> yeah, a lot of folks in north carolina today woke up in their local newspapers and saw a full page ad from billy graham. of course, he's a longtime north carolina resident. if you go in charlotte, drive along the billy graham parkway, also home to the billy graham library which draws lots of tourists. he has a very specialist relationship with that home state of his in north carolina. i think this will
former president bill clinton said he opposes amendment one, and this morning vice president joe biden said he was absolutely comfortable with the idea of same-gender marriage. >> i just think that the good news is that, as more and more americans come to understand what this is all about, it's a simple proposition. who do you love? who do you love? and will you be loyal to the person you love? >> joining me to talk about this vote, and reverend billy graham's potential influence,...
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i am absolutely -- >> vice president joe biden giving us a couple of hints that the white house view of same-sex marriage could be evolving just as a key vote on the matter comes up in the battleground state. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> up first we begin with breaking news. a chilling video just released by al qaeda. on it, u.s. hostage warren weinstein, begs president obama to agree to his kidnappers' demands or else he will be killed. he was abducted last august in pakistan. the 70-year-old maryland executive has a bunch of health issues, including heart problems. here's part of the video militants posted online. >> i'd like to talk to president obama and ask and beg him that he please accept and respond to the demands of the mujahadin. if you accept the demands, i live. if you don't accept the demands, then i die. it's important you accept the demands and act quickly and don't delay. there will be no benefit in delay. it will just make things more difficult for me. but it is very important that you act quickly and i'm now waiting for your response. >> cnn foreign affairs re
i am absolutely -- >> vice president joe biden giving us a couple of hints that the white house view of same-sex marriage could be evolving just as a key vote on the matter comes up in the battleground state. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> up first we begin with breaking news. a chilling video just released by al qaeda. on it, u.s. hostage warren weinstein, begs president obama to agree to his kidnappers' demands or else he will be killed. he was abducted last august...
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senior administration officials say joe biden has apologized to president obama for putting him in a tough spot on the same-sex marriage issue. it's a story our own jessica yellin first broke here on cnn. biden came out in support of same-sex marriage on a sunday morning talk show and some believe that forced the president to make his own announcement ahead of schedule. we're told the president responded by telling biden he knew that he was speaking from the heart. >>> the john edwards corruption trial is coming to a crossroads today. the defense planning to ask the judge to dismiss all of the charges against the former senator, claiming that prosecutors haven't proven their case. that's standard operating procedure. prosecution rested yesterday without calling edwards' former mistress rielle hunter to the stand. >>> a tornado slamming a high school, injuring eight people. this is in south texas. take a look. the twister striking after school hours but the victims were in the parking lot for a fund-raiser. several other students were still at softball practice. >> our coach realized
senior administration officials say joe biden has apologized to president obama for putting him in a tough spot on the same-sex marriage issue. it's a story our own jessica yellin first broke here on cnn. biden came out in support of same-sex marriage on a sunday morning talk show and some believe that forced the president to make his own announcement ahead of schedule. we're told the president responded by telling biden he knew that he was speaking from the heart. >>> the john edwards...
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. >>> vice president joe biden in attack mode? >> i resent the fact they think we're talking about we're envy, it's job envy, it's wealth envy, that we don't dream. >>> and later, when does a commencement address become a stump speech? hint, in an election year. which, last time i checked, was most women. sprinkle as much as you'd like into the wash to boost the scent. gain. anything but ordinary. but when i was diagnosed with prostate cancer... i needed a coach. our doctor was great, but with so many tough decisions i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn who helped us weigh and understand all our options. for me cancer was as scary as a fastball is to some of these kids. but my coach had hit that pitch before. turning data into useful answers. we're 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine gr
. >>> vice president joe biden in attack mode? >> i resent the fact they think we're talking about we're envy, it's job envy, it's wealth envy, that we don't dream. >>> and later, when does a commencement address become a stump speech? hint, in an election year. which, last time i checked, was most women. sprinkle as much as you'd like into the wash to boost the scent. gain. anything but ordinary. but when i was diagnosed with prostate cancer... i needed a coach. our...
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. >>> vice president joe biden in attack mode? >> i resent the fact they think we're talking about we're envy, it's job envy, it's wealth envy, that we don't dream. >>> and later, when does a commencement address become a stump speech? hint, in an election year. people measure commitment by what's getting done. i'm mike utsler, and it's my job to make sure we keep making progress in the gulf. the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. another fourteen billion dollars has been spent on response and cleanup. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to the gulf of mexico research initiative... to support ten years of independent scientific research on the environment. results will continue to be shared with the public. and we're making sure people know that the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues, but that doesn't mean our job is done. bp
. >>> vice president joe biden in attack mode? >> i resent the fact they think we're talking about we're envy, it's job envy, it's wealth envy, that we don't dream. >>> and later, when does a commencement address become a stump speech? hint, in an election year. people measure commitment by what's getting done. i'm mike utsler, and it's my job to make sure we keep making progress in the gulf. the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and...
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. >>> vice president joe biden today said he supports same-sex marriage. >> the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and homosexual men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil right, all the i civil liberties and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> president obama doesn't officially support gay marriage. he has said his position is evolving. >>> french voters are deciding whether president nicolas sarkozy will keep his job. he's in a runoff with socialist candidate francois hollande who had a small lead in pre-election polls. >>> voters in greece are heading to the polls. the election could decide the fate of the country's budget crisis. greece is struggling through a 50-year recession. results are expected late tonight. >>> five 9/11 suspects were arraigned in a military court at guantanamo bay yesterday. the men refused to answer the judge's questions causing a 13-hour courtroom session. their next hearing is june. >>> louisville police suspect foul pl
. >>> vice president joe biden today said he supports same-sex marriage. >> the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and homosexual men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil right, all the i civil liberties and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> president obama doesn't officially support gay marriage. he has said his position is...
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the shocking discovery was found near the barn of where the winner was kept. >>> listen to joe biden's comments about same-sex marriage on a sunday morning talk show. >> the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women are entitled to the same exact rights, all of the sill rights and all of the civil liberties and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction. >> the white house is scrambling the president does not -- >>> two of the american hikers arrested and detained in iran are now married. sarah shroud spent months for her fiancee to be released. all three were facing sentence of eight years in prison in iran. the two married in san francisco. fattal was the best man. >>> the new jersey mother with the extreme tan is reacting to being parodied on "saturday night live." >> seth, anyone can look like me. it's not just the tanning. it's also the right beauty products. >> really? because you look like a baseball glove. >> that is not an accident, seth. i follow the wilson athletic beauty routine." what is the will
the shocking discovery was found near the barn of where the winner was kept. >>> listen to joe biden's comments about same-sex marriage on a sunday morning talk show. >> the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women are entitled to the same exact rights, all of the sill rights and all of the civil liberties and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction. >> the white house is scrambling the...
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>>> and a powerful tribute by joe biden. the vice president gets emotional and very personal with the families of fallen troops. stay with us. now's the time to move from to where you want to go. look up. with u.s. bank let's get the wheels turning. use our strength & stability to open new opportunities. to lend, and lift ...every business...every dream... to new heights of prosperity. good things are happening. just look up. with u.s. bank. and here's what we did today: supported...
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or joe biden or a secretary here and it seems not to be helping much. i think what you're going to see in places like florida, like ohio, massive ground efforts, massive campaigning. a lot of media blintzes. if you live in florida, you live in ohio, you live in virginia, you better get used to seeing a lot of negative ads and political campaigning because it's going to be a long six months. >> on both sides. jamal, should the obama administration, should they be worried about those poll numbers or is it just too soon to tell? >> they certainly should be concerned. i think everybody knows this race is going to be tight as a tick going into the finish line. there's no way the president is going to win in ohio by seven points or win in florida by seven points. this is going to be a two, three, four-point race nationally and in states like ohio and florida, but the good news for the obama administration is they're not like the old democrats from 2000, 2004 who are dependent upon ohio and florida in order to win. they're playing in 34r5places l north carolin
or joe biden or a secretary here and it seems not to be helping much. i think what you're going to see in places like florida, like ohio, massive ground efforts, massive campaigning. a lot of media blintzes. if you live in florida, you live in ohio, you live in virginia, you better get used to seeing a lot of negative ads and political campaigning because it's going to be a long six months. >> on both sides. jamal, should the obama administration, should they be worried about those poll...
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i think the comparison is do i think that bobby jindal or marco rubio would be as good as joe biden. i also look at condy rice who brings a lot of talent to the potential. i would look at susana as a potential. you've got to have someone which the governor of indiana, which daniel which has been remarkably at center. >> that's why i'm saying we have a really deep bench now in a wi that you wouldn't have said six or eight or ten years ago. a whole new generation of people are competent. >> we're out of time, but take a look at this video. you see a young wolf blitzer and a young speaker of the house in new hampshire. that was on a show called "inside politics" weekend. i guess we both looked a lot younger in those days than we do now. >> that's almost cruel. >> the mid-90s. you have a very good archive system at cnn. >> excellent archive system. >> we'll have you back. >>> government security forces allegedly storm a major university in syria with deadly results. new information coming into "the situation room." in our next hour, get this, wildfires as a terror tactic. details of what
i think the comparison is do i think that bobby jindal or marco rubio would be as good as joe biden. i also look at condy rice who brings a lot of talent to the potential. i would look at susana as a potential. you've got to have someone which the governor of indiana, which daniel which has been remarkably at center. >> that's why i'm saying we have a really deep bench now in a wi that you wouldn't have said six or eight or ten years ago. a whole new generation of people are competent....
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biden. thanks very much for coming in. one thing the president did not discuss with the american people, how many billions, and this is going to cost the united states to maintain, with afghanistan. what kind of money are we talking about? >> wolf, what we do know is that it will cost a lot less to prosecute the war over the better part of the decade to do that. we don't know exactly what we're looking at, that remains to be decided and also we'll be looking to other countries, our nato allies and our isaf partners and countries around the world and indeed we'll be looking to the afghan government, for example, supporting the afghan security forces going forward. the afghan government's committed half a billion on an annual basis to do that, but we don't know what our share will be and we don't know what other countries will be doing, and we do know it will be a lot, lot less than we're spending now in the war. ending the war will result in very significant savings to what we are spending no
biden. thanks very much for coming in. one thing the president did not discuss with the american people, how many billions, and this is going to cost the united states to maintain, with afghanistan. what kind of money are we talking about? >> wolf, what we do know is that it will cost a lot less to prosecute the war over the better part of the decade to do that. we don't know exactly what we're looking at, that remains to be decided and also we'll be looking to other countries, our nato...
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. >>> leave it to vice president joe biden to turn a routine photo-op into something more. this morning he hosted a cinco de mayo event in washington. yeah, i know, it's a few days early and also a celebration of mexico, but you might not have known that from mr. biden's toast. >>> it's bad luck in the irish tradition to toast with water, but -- so i'm not going to do it. i can hear my grandfather saying joey, no. let me tell you my toast was going to be without the water. to friendship, to mexico and to america. happy cinco de mayo, everyone. welcome. >> as you could tell, his joke was taken in good cheer, even if there was none in the glass. the gathering includes america co's ambassador to the united states, hispanic media and mexican-american members of the administration. >>> a bit of breaking news to tell you about. we have an update on today's top story. controversial chinese activist chen guangcheng left the u.s. embassy today but a friend told cnn he's in the out of danger and was threatened by the chinese government. we'll take you live to beijing. they sound awes
. >>> leave it to vice president joe biden to turn a routine photo-op into something more. this morning he hosted a cinco de mayo event in washington. yeah, i know, it's a few days early and also a celebration of mexico, but you might not have known that from mr. biden's toast. >>> it's bad luck in the irish tradition to toast with water, but -- so i'm not going to do it. i can hear my grandfather saying joey, no. let me tell you my toast was going to be without the water. to...